From the newspaper article.
[b]He had managed to send off an Emergency Position Indicating Reported Beacon during the ordeal which notified the International Maritime Organisation.
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The three day search would either reflect poorly on the Indonesian search effort or that he had an EPIRB that didn't transmit his GPS position.
With my experience of Australian embassies, I can't see them "launching an urgent rescue operation".
Taking his wheel is sneaky trick.
gary
